Definitions for vermiformˈvɜr məˌfɔrm

This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word vermiform

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vermiform, worm-shaped(adj)

resembling a worm; long and thin and cylindrical

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vermiform(Adjective)

In the shape of a worm.

Origin: vermis + -form

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Vermiform(adj)

resembling a worm in form or motions; vermicular; as, the vermiform process of the cerebellum

Origin: [L. vermis a worm + -form.]

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Vermiform

Vermiform means something shaped like a worm. The expression is often employed in biology and anatomy to describe more or less tubular or cylindrical, usually soft body parts or animals. The word root is Latin, vermes-worms and formes-shaped. A well known example is the vermiform appendix, a small, blind section of the gut in humans and a number of other mammals.
A number of oft-bodied animal phyla are typically described as vermiform. The more well known one are undoubtedly the annelids and the roundworms, but a number of less well known phyla answer to the same description. Examples range from the minute parasitic mesozoans to the larger bodied free-living phyla like ribbon worms, peanut worms and priapulids.